The Town of Dyer, Indiana was founded in 1855 and incorporated in 1910. During its history, the Town of Dyer has established itself as a progressive community that maintains a vision of the future while building upon a strong foundation of past accomplishments.

The Town of Dyer has the proud distinction of having been listed on the
"100 Best Places to Live in the US" by CNN and Money Magazine.

In 2015, the Town of Dyer was ranked #15 in the State of Indiana
as "The Best Place for Young Families" by Nerd Wallet.

Additionally in 2015, the Town of Dyer was ranked
as the 9th Safest City in Indiana by SafeWise.

Our Mission Statement
Dyer provides exceptional essential services and strives to enhance a dynamic pace-setting quality of life while promoting pride in the community.

Dyer ranked one of the Safest Cities in Indiana!

HomeSnacks Ranks Dyer #9 in Safest Places In Indiana

HomeSnacks released its ”Safest places to live in the Hoosier State" report this week. To compile this report, HomeSnacks looked at the hard numbers from the FBI's most recent report of crime (2014). Specifically, they analyzed the FBI's Uniform Crime Report which summarizes the number of property crimes and violent crimes in each city per year which all have a minimum population of 5,000 people. They used three criteria:

A couple examples are provided below that demonstrate the increase to expect based upon gallons of water consumption.

A household that uses 5,000 gallons of water consumption per month will see an increase of 16.3%. Their monthly utility service bill will increase from $97.43 to $113.28.

A household that uses 10,000 gallons of water consumption per month will see an increase of 13.6%. Their overall bill will increase from $146.20 to $166.14.

The Town Council had the first reading of the Ordinance on Monday, November 21st. The public hearing and 2nd reading is scheduled for December 8th at 6pm at the Town Hall. The rate increases described are subject to modification pending the Town Council decision.

The utility rate studies developed by each utility are available at the links below:

The West Lake Rail Expansion Project is the potential extension of the South Shore electric line into the Westlake Corridor within Northwest Indiana. The goal of the project is to strengthen a vital connection between Northwest Indiana and Chicago and bring with it opportunities for new development, amenities, public spaces, jobs, and more residents. Dyer and Munster will share a station at Main Street and Sheffield/Columbia Avenues.

The Dyer Park and Recreation Board recently approved a refined master development plan for Central Park. This long term development plan for the park shows the ultimate goal of providing recreation spaces for all ages while also being aware of the parks location between future commercial development and existing residential development. Open this news item to see sketch ups of the park and the master plan link.